Gone Quotes - Page 17

• In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be uncles, brothers-in-law, or cousins to each other. This was pleasant and gave great consistency to the party; but the system has now gone out of vogue.

  Anthony Trollope

  Cousin, Brother, Uncles

  Anthony Trollope (2011). “Phineas Redux”, p.95, OUP Oxford

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• The time for hope is gone, and come for fear.

  Vittorio Alfieri

  Vittorio Alfieri (1821). “Tragedies”, p.255

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• When the whole is at stake, there is no crime except that of rejecting the whole, or not defending it. ... Those who identify themselves with the whole, who are installed as the leaders and defenders of the whole can make mistakes, but they cannot do wrong - they are not guilty. They may become guilty again when this identification no longer holds, when they are gone.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Mistake, Leader, May

  "One-Dimensional Man" by Herbert Marcuse, (p. 82-83), 1964.

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• The 'enduring theme' [in fiction] of male competition and female competition for the hero/survivor has taken us from the fittest surviving to the brink of no one surviving. Sex roles have gone from functional to dysfunctional almost overnight. This is why the enduring theme must be questioned now.

  Warren Farrell

  Sex, Taken, Hero

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• Sugar is gone; silk has gone; iron is threatened; wool is threatened; cotton will go! How long are you going to stand it? At the present moment these industries...are like sheep in a field.

  Joseph Chamberlain

  Sheep, Iron, Long

  Speech in Greenock (7 October 1903), quoted in "Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reform Campaign" by Julian Amery, London: Macmillan, (p. 471), 1969.

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• The genre [of hard-partying girls] seems to have gone out of style - instead of young women who drink too much, it's young women who don't eat enough.

  Amy Argetsinger

  Girl, Party, Style

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Half to forget the wandering and pain, Half to remember days that have gone by, And dream and dream that I am home again!

  James Elroy Flecker

  Dream, Pain, Home

  1913 'Brumana'.

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• Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive.

  Emmitt Smith

  Football, Running, Rushing

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• Hell is gone and heaven's here,there's nothing left for you to fear.

  Robbie Williams

  Heaven, Hell, Left

  Twitter post from Jan 21, 2015

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• Don't be afraid, Queen ... don't be afraid, Queen, the blood has long since gone into the earth. And where it was spilled, grapevines are already growing.

  Mikhail Bulgakov

  Queens, Blood, Long

  Mikhail Bulgakov (2016). “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.201, Penguin

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• Israel has gone mad. It's attacking, doing the same thing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people that they have criticised - and with reason - the Holocaust . But this is a new Holocaust.

  Hugo Chavez

  Israel, People, Mad

  "Venezuela 'to sever Israel ties'", news.bbc.co.uk. August 9, 2006.

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• California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted 'til it was already gone

  Zooey Deschanel

  California, Bigs, Wanted

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• Anybody who's ever been broken up with, or had their heart stepped on or ripped out of them; you question everything you've based your whole life on. It's like, is anything real? Cause nothing 's more real than that, and now it's gone.

  Kristen Stewart

  Real, Heart, Broken

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• Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.

  David Gemmell

  May, Faces, Your Face

  David Gemmell (2011). “The King Beyond The Gate”, p.221, Hachette UK

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• What is life if a man cannot count on his friends when he has gone mad?

  David Gemmell

  Men, Mad, What Is Life

  "The King Beyond the Gate". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 12, 1985.

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• Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone.

  Gregory Maguire

  Loss, Gorgeous

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• In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Holiday, Years, People

  "Hansard", House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 486, col. 849,

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• I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.

  Lady Gaga

  Dollars, Goes On, Four

  "Lady Gaga Has No Cash". www.contactmusic.com. July 10, 2009.

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• Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong, Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone, So bring it on home and it won't be long, It's getting better man!

  Noel Gallagher

  Dream, Song, Home

  "Song: It's Getting Better (Man!!) (Be Here Now)". August 21, 1997.

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• The good thing is that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters - the core - is left.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Elements, Matter, Good Things

  Jyllands-Posten, June 25, 2007.

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• Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.

  Gerd von Rundstedt

  Names, People, Traitor

  "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal", Nuremberg, Germany, p. 87, 1947.

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• I think part of being an artist is having the ability to define your own responsibilities. I certainly wouldn't prescribe any. As far as I'm concerned, my biggest responsibility is to my own imagination. We're all conduits. Art preceded me, and it'll be here long after I'm gone.

  Pierre Coupey

  Art, Responsibility, Thinking

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• No one has ever gone broke underestimating the insecurities of the gay and lesbian consumer.

  Dan Savage

  Gay, Insecurity, Underestimate

  Dan Savage (2002). “Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America”, E P Dutton

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• We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Incentives, Spirit, Plateaus

  "Of God and Men". Book by Aiden Wilson Tozer, 1960.

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• The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived.

  Ivan Panin

  Lightning, Thunder, Danger

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